Thank you for being interested in your future and the future of your loved ones. By investigating and implementing Estate Planning and/or Financial Planning, you can have tremendous peace of mind in knowing that you have decided how you and your loved ones will be taken care of - no matter what the future holds. I originally went to law school to be a prosecutor, but I found Estate Planning and fell in love with the concept of helping people plan to take care of themselves and their loved ones.
My office was located downtown until 2006 when I moved to the west end of town.
My office was located downtown until 2006 when I moved to the west end of town.
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There are two parts to Estate Planning - planning for what happens during your lifetime and planning for what happens after you die.
Lifetime planning allows you to appoint someone else to make decisions on your behalf if or when you become unable to do so yourself.
Those decisions could be about your finances or your health care.
The documents that accomplish this are a Durable Power of Attorney, a Designation of Patient Advocate, and a HIPAA privacy waiver.
Afterlife planning allows you to designate who will be in control of your assets when you die, and how that person is to manage or distribute those assets.
Lifetime planning allows you to appoint someone else to make decisions on your behalf if or when you become unable to do so yourself.
Those decisions could be about your finances or your health care.
The documents that accomplish this are a Durable Power of Attorney, a Designation of Patient Advocate, and a HIPAA privacy waiver.
Afterlife planning allows you to designate who will be in control of your assets when you die, and how that person is to manage or distribute those assets.
A Patient Advocate Designation (also known as Power of Attorney for Health Care, Living Will, or Advanced Directive) is a document in which you appoint another person to speak on your behalf (your Patient Advocate) regarding your medical care, but only if you are unable to communicate your wishes yourself.
It covers all levels of decision making, from routine dental and medical appointments to end-of-life decisions.
Witnessed by two other people who are not related to you and are not employed by your hospital, physician, health insurance company, nursing home, etc.
It covers all levels of decision making, from routine dental and medical appointments to end-of-life decisions.
Witnessed by two other people who are not related to you and are not employed by your hospital, physician, health insurance company, nursing home, etc.
You cannot predict the future, so you have no advance warning of when you'll be in an accident or when you will become seriously ill.
But you can plan for someone to have authority over your personal and business affairs if an accident or illness comes you way.
A Durable Power of Attorney document (also known as DPOA, Power of Attorney, or Financial Power of Attorney) allows you to appoint another person (your Agent) to act on your behalf and to sign any document that requires your signature.
The Power of Attorney can be immediately effective and it remains effective until your death, OR the Power of Attorney can become effective only if/when you become disabled, at which time your physician must sign a statement that states you are unable to sign things for yourself.
But you can plan for someone to have authority over your personal and business affairs if an accident or illness comes you way.
A Durable Power of Attorney document (also known as DPOA, Power of Attorney, or Financial Power of Attorney) allows you to appoint another person (your Agent) to act on your behalf and to sign any document that requires your signature.
The Power of Attorney can be immediately effective and it remains effective until your death, OR the Power of Attorney can become effective only if/when you become disabled, at which time your physician must sign a statement that states you are unable to sign things for yourself.
Because of HIPAA, you have the right to privacy regarding your healthcare information.
While it is a good thing to keep our private healthcare information private, sometimes the law can get in the way of common sense.
If you become unconscious or unable to communicate with others, HIPAA dictates that your healthcare providers are not allowed to give any of your private healthcare information.
Not even to your spouse, family members, or other loved ones.
Doctors are not permitted to tell what your lab results are, what your prognosis is, or what avenues of treatment are available.
While it is a good thing to keep our private healthcare information private, sometimes the law can get in the way of common sense.
If you become unconscious or unable to communicate with others, HIPAA dictates that your healthcare providers are not allowed to give any of your private healthcare information.
Not even to your spouse, family members, or other loved ones.
Doctors are not permitted to tell what your lab results are, what your prognosis is, or what avenues of treatment are available.
A Last Will and Testament is a document you sign that states who you designate to be in charge of your assets when you die, and who you want to receive those assets.
You should consider a Will whether you are single, married, have minor children, or own even a small amount of personal assets or property.
In fact, every adult should have a Will or other means to control the disposition of their assets.
If you have not formalized your intentions, your estate may meet with unnecessary and costly litigation, adding to the grief experienced by your survivors.
You should consider a Will whether you are single, married, have minor children, or own even a small amount of personal assets or property.
In fact, every adult should have a Will or other means to control the disposition of their assets.
If you have not formalized your intentions, your estate may meet with unnecessary and costly litigation, adding to the grief experienced by your survivors.
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